Salvatore Schillaci
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Salvatore Schillaci commonly referred to by his nickname Totò is a former Italian
football player. During his career, he played for Messina
(1982–1989), Juventus
(1989–1992), Internazionale (1992–1994) and Júbilo Iwata
(1994–1997). He was the Golden Boot winner for the 1990 FIFA World Cup
after leading the tournament with six goals.
He made an appearance in a television advert for the Irish beer Smithwick's
. The ad was originally created in the mid-90's when his goal that had eliminated Ireland from Italy 90
as well as the Irish win over Italy in 1994 FIFA World Cup
were still vivid memories in the beer's home country.
A champion Australia
n thoroughbred
racehorse
(see Schillaci
) was named after him following his performances at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
, Italy
, from a poor family, Schillaci, nicknamed Totò, started to play for an amateur team of his native city, Amat Palermo. He then signed in 1982 for the Sicilian club Messina, where he played till 1989 and showed his goal-scoring abilities. He then joined Juventus of Turin
, and debuted in Serie A on August 27, 1989. Juventus, the "Old Lady" of Italian football was at the time suffering from the breakup of the wonder team which dominated Italian football in the 1980s and Schillaci's arrival coincided with a return to form under the direction of former goalkeeper Dino Zoff
. He featured prominently, scoring 15 goals, in a very positive year for the Turinese club which ended the season winning both the Coppa Italia
and the UEFA Cup
. Due to his inventive, aggressive attack style he was then selected by head coach of Italy
, Azeglio Vicini, to play in the 1990 FIFA World Cup
, to be hosted by Italy itself, despite being a novice in the arena of national team competitions.
After the end of the 1990 World Cup, Schillaci played one more year for Juventus, before joining Internazionale. Schillaci did not leave a great record for the Inter fans, as well as for the Juventus ones, mainly because of physical troubles which he suffered after the 1990 campaign. In 1994 he joined Japan
ese club Jubilo Iwata
, becoming the first Italian player to play in the J. League
.
Schillaci retired in 1999. Today he lives back in his native Palermo, where he owns a youth academy of football.
, replacing Andrea Carnevale
during Italy's first match against Austria
. Schillaci then scored the decisive goal, and the match eventually ended with a 1-0 win for Italy. Against the USA
, Schillaci again made an appearance as a substitute.
The next match, against Czechoslovakia
, was characterized by Schillaci's presence in the starting lineup, alongside Roberto Baggio
. The match eventually ended 2-0, with Baggio and Schillaci scoring one goal each. In the round of 16 and quarter-finals, against Uruguay
and Ireland
respectively, Schillaci went on to score decisive goals for his team.
For the semifinal against Diego Maradona
's Argentina
, Gianluca Vialli
replaced Baggio, whereas Schillaci was confirmed. The match ended 1-1, with Schillaci scoring first. The score was then tied by Claudio Caniggia
, and the match was eventually won by Argentina after a penalty shootout
.
For the third-place match against England
, won 2-1 by Italy, and played with Schillaci and Baggio on the forward line, the first goal was scored by Roberto Baggio. Totò scored the second goal from a penalty, and won the Golden Boot, with six goals. He retired from international competition with seven goals in sixteen caps, his seventh and last goal was scored against Norway in 1991.
The 1990 World Cup is still well remembered today by Italian football fans as the Notti Magiche di Totò Schillaci (magical nights of Totò Schillaci), even though the Italian national team did not win the World Cup at home. According to FIFA 11, Schillaci is known to have scored 77 goals in his Messina kit.
|1982-83||rowspan="7"|Messina Peloro
||Serie C2
||26||3||||||||||||
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|1983-84
||rowspan="3"|Serie C1
||26||4||||||||||||
|-
|1984-85
||31||4||||||||||||
|-
|1985-86||31||11||||||||||||
|-
|1986-87||rowspan="3"|Serie B
||33||3||||||||||||
|-
|1987-88
||37||13||||||||||||
|-
|1988-89||35||23||||||||||||
|-
|1989-90
||rowspan="3"|Juventus
||rowspan="3"|Serie A
||30||15||||||||||||
|-
|1990-91
||29||5||||||||||||
|-
|1991-92
||31||6||||||||||||
|-
|1992-93||rowspan="2"|Internazionale
||rowspan="2"|Serie A
||21||6||||||||||||
|-
|1993-94
||9||5||||||||||||
|-
|1994
||rowspan="4"|Júbilo Iwata
||rowspan="4"|J. League 1||18||9||1||0||4||5||23||14
|-
|1995
||34||31||0||0||colspan="2"|-||34||31
|-
|1996
||23||15||0||0||8||3||31||18
|-
|1997
||3||1||0||0||2||1||5||2
339||98||||||||||||
78||56||1||0||14||9||93||65
417||154||||||||||||
|}
|1990||12||6
|-
|1991||4||1
|-
!Total||16||7
|}
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
football player. During his career, he played for Messina
F.C. Messina Peloro
Associazione Calcio Rinascita Messina is an Italian football club based in Messina, Sicily. It currently plays in Serie D.- Brief history :The origins of the team go back to 1900 when Messina F.C was founded in the city. The club has spent most of its history in the lower Italian football leagues...
(1982–1989), Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
(1989–1992), Internazionale (1992–1994) and Júbilo Iwata
Júbilo Iwata
is a professional Japanese association football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium...
(1994–1997). He was the Golden Boot winner for the 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
after leading the tournament with six goals.
He made an appearance in a television advert for the Irish beer Smithwick's
Smithwick's
Smithwick's is an Irish red ale style beer from Kilkenny in Ireland. Smithwick's is listed in the top five best tasting beers by the McHale beer rating club of Ireland. As of Autumn 2010, Smithwicks continues to be brewed in Dundalk and Kilkenny but tankers are sent to Dublin to be kegged for the...
. The ad was originally created in the mid-90's when his goal that had eliminated Ireland from Italy 90
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
as well as the Irish win over Italy in 1994 FIFA World Cup
1994 FIFA World Cup
The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988...
were still vivid memories in the beer's home country.
A champion Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
racehorse
Horse
The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
(see Schillaci
Schillaci (horse)
Schillaci was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who was an eight-time Group One winner. He was by Salieri out of Biscarina . A huge grey gelding, Schillaci was a $70,000 purchase at the 1990 yearling sales, and was named after Salvatore Schillaci, who was the leading goal scorer at the 1990...
) was named after him following his performances at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Club career
Born in PalermoPalermo
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, from a poor family, Schillaci, nicknamed Totò, started to play for an amateur team of his native city, Amat Palermo. He then signed in 1982 for the Sicilian club Messina, where he played till 1989 and showed his goal-scoring abilities. He then joined Juventus of Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
, and debuted in Serie A on August 27, 1989. Juventus, the "Old Lady" of Italian football was at the time suffering from the breakup of the wonder team which dominated Italian football in the 1980s and Schillaci's arrival coincided with a return to form under the direction of former goalkeeper Dino Zoff
Dino Zoff
Dino Zoff is an Italian former football goalkeeper and is the oldest winner ever of the World Cup, which he earned as captain of the Italian team in the 1982 tournament in Spain, at the age of 40 years, 4 months and 13 days.Zoff was a goalkeeper of outstanding ability and has a place in the...
. He featured prominently, scoring 15 goals, in a very positive year for the Turinese club which ended the season winning both the Coppa Italia
Coppa Italia
The Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...
and the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
. Due to his inventive, aggressive attack style he was then selected by head coach of Italy
Italy national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
, Azeglio Vicini, to play in the 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
, to be hosted by Italy itself, despite being a novice in the arena of national team competitions.
After the end of the 1990 World Cup, Schillaci played one more year for Juventus, before joining Internazionale. Schillaci did not leave a great record for the Inter fans, as well as for the Juventus ones, mainly because of physical troubles which he suffered after the 1990 campaign. In 1994 he joined Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese club Jubilo Iwata
Júbilo Iwata
is a professional Japanese association football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium...
, becoming the first Italian player to play in the J. League
J. League
The or is the top division of and is the top professional association football league in Japan. It is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football and the only league given top class 'A' ranking by the AFC. Currently, J. League Division 1 is the first level of the Japanese...
.
Schillaci retired in 1999. Today he lives back in his native Palermo, where he owns a youth academy of football.
International career
Schillaci made his official debut at the 1990 World Cup1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
, replacing Andrea Carnevale
Andrea Carnevale
Andrea Alessandro Carnevale is an Italian former footballer.-Club:After playing for various teams he enjoyed success with Napoli from 1986 to 1990, playing alongside Diego Maradona in which he won two Scudetti, one Coppa Italia and the UEFA Cup once.In 1990, he moved to Roma, but after 4 goals in...
during Italy's first match against Austria
Austria national football team
The Austria national football team is the association football team that represents the country of Austria in international competition and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association ....
. Schillaci then scored the decisive goal, and the match eventually ended with a 1-0 win for Italy. Against the USA
United States men's national soccer team
The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...
, Schillaci again made an appearance as a substitute.
The next match, against Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia national football team
The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national association football team of Czechoslovakia from 1922 to 1993. At the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992, the team was participating in UEFA qualifying Group 4 for the 1994 World Cup; it completed this campaign under the name...
, was characterized by Schillaci's presence in the starting lineup, alongside Roberto Baggio
Roberto Baggio
Roberto Baggio is a retired Italian footballer. Widely regarded as one of the finest footballers of his generation, Baggio won both the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1993. He is the only Italian player ever to score in three World Cups. He is also one of the top 5 all-time...
. The match eventually ended 2-0, with Baggio and Schillaci scoring one goal each. In the round of 16 and quarter-finals, against Uruguay
Uruguay national football team
The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...
and Ireland
Republic of Ireland national football team
The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....
respectively, Schillaci went on to score decisive goals for his team.
For the semifinal against Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona is a retired Argentine football player and widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys, setting...
's Argentina
Argentina national football team
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...
, Gianluca Vialli
Gianluca Vialli
Gianluca Vialli is an Italian football manager and former player. Since retiring, he has gone into management and punditry and is a commentator for Sky Sport Italia....
replaced Baggio, whereas Schillaci was confirmed. The match ended 1-1, with Schillaci scoring first. The score was then tied by Claudio Caniggia
Claudio Caniggia
Claudio Paul Caniggia is a former Argentine football forward, who played 50 times for the Argentine national team. He appeared in three World Cups, and was a member of both rival clubs River Plate and Boca Juniors. Caniggia was known for his speed as a player and competed in Athletics before his...
, and the match was eventually won by Argentina after a penalty shootout
Penalty shootout (football)
A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...
.
For the third-place match against England
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
, won 2-1 by Italy, and played with Schillaci and Baggio on the forward line, the first goal was scored by Roberto Baggio. Totò scored the second goal from a penalty, and won the Golden Boot, with six goals. He retired from international competition with seven goals in sixteen caps, his seventh and last goal was scored against Norway in 1991.
The 1990 World Cup is still well remembered today by Italian football fans as the Notti Magiche di Totò Schillaci (magical nights of Totò Schillaci), even though the Italian national team did not win the World Cup at home. According to FIFA 11, Schillaci is known to have scored 77 goals in his Messina kit.
Career statistics
|-|1982-83||rowspan="7"|Messina Peloro
F.C. Messina Peloro
Associazione Calcio Rinascita Messina is an Italian football club based in Messina, Sicily. It currently plays in Serie D.- Brief history :The origins of the team go back to 1900 when Messina F.C was founded in the city. The club has spent most of its history in the lower Italian football leagues...
||Serie C2
Serie C2
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione is the name of the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consists of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–11 the teams are only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each...
||26||3||||||||||||
|-
|1983-84
Serie C1 1983-84
-Serie C1/A:It was performed in 18 teams, and Parma won the championship. It was decided that Parma, Bologna was promoted to Serie B, and Prato, Fano, Fanfulla, Trento was demoted in Serie C2.-Serie C1/B:It was performed in 18 teams, and Bari won the championship...
||rowspan="3"|Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
||26||4||||||||||||
|-
|1984-85
Serie C1 1984-85
-Serie C1/A:It was performed in 18 teams, and Brescia won the championship. It was decided that Brescia, Lanerossi Vicenza was promoted to Serie B, and Jesina, Asti T.S.C., Pistoiese, Treviso was demoted in Serie C2.-Serie C1/B:...
||31||4||||||||||||
|-
|1985-86||31||11||||||||||||
|-
|1986-87||rowspan="3"|Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
||33||3||||||||||||
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|1987-88
Serie B 1987-88
This article contains information on the 1987-1988 season of Serie B, the second highest football league in Italy.-Final classification:-Results:-References and sources:...
||37||13||||||||||||
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|1988-89||35||23||||||||||||
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|1989-90
Serie A 1989-90
Another dominant year for Napoli, with Diego Maradona being among the leading goalscorers in Serie A , behind Marco Van Basten of Milan and Roberto Baggio of Fiorentina .-Final classification:-Results:-Top scorers:...
||rowspan="3"|Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
||rowspan="3"|Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||30||15||||||||||||
|-
|1990-91
Serie A 1990-91
-Final classification:-Results:-Top scorers:19 goals* Gianluca Vialli 16 goals* Lothar Matthäus 15 goals* Carlos Aguilera * Tomáš Skuhravý 14 goals* Roberto Baggio...
||29||5||||||||||||
|-
|1991-92
Serie A 1991-92
During this season, under the guidance of Fabio Capello, AC Milan completed a remarkable unbeaten season, a run that eventually totalled 58 games.- Final classification :- Results :-Top scorers:25 goals* Marco van Basten 18 goals...
||31||6||||||||||||
|-
|1992-93||rowspan="2"|Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
||rowspan="2"|Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||21||6||||||||||||
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|1993-94
Serie A 1993-94
The 1993–94 Serie A was won by A.C. Milan, being the 14th title for the rossoneri.-Final classification:-Results:-Top scorers:23 goals* Giuseppe Signori 18 goals* Gianfranco Zola 17 goals* Roberto Baggio...
||9||5||||||||||||
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|1994
J. League 1994
The J. League 1994 season is the second season of the J. League Division 1. The league fixture began on March 12, 1994 and ended on November 19, 1994. The Suntory Championship '94 took place on November 26 and December 2, 1994.-Honours:...
||rowspan="4"|Júbilo Iwata
Júbilo Iwata
is a professional Japanese association football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium...
||rowspan="4"|J. League 1||18||9||1||0||4||5||23||14
|-
|1995
J. League 1995
The J. League 1995 season is the third season of the J. League Division 1. The league fixture began on March 18, 1995 and ended on November , 1995. The Suntory Championship '95 took place on November 30 and December 6, 1995.-Honours:...
||34||31||0||0||colspan="2"|-||34||31
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|1996
J. League 1996
The 1996 J. League season was the fourth season since the establishment of the J. League Division 1. The season began on March 16, 1996 and ended on November 9, 1996.- Clubs :The following sixteen clubs participated in J. League during the 1996 season...
||23||15||0||0||8||3||31||18
|-
|1997
J. League 1997
-First stage:-Second stage:- Suntory Championship :----- Golden Boots Ranking :-Individual Awards:-Best Eleven:...
||3||1||0||0||2||1||5||2
339||98||||||||||||
78||56||1||0||14||9||93||65
417||154||||||||||||
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International statistics
|-|1990||12||6
|-
|1991||4||1
|-
!Total||16||7
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